CONNECT the doTs

* Bush's incredibly tacky cowboy boots, emblazoned with the Presidential seal, thrust forward for maximum exposure during a photo-op.

* US soldier in Iraq pumps a 17 year old boy full of bullets after they have sex.http://newsobserver.com/news/story/1941428p-8299574c.html

* Bush's approval rating is 49%, the lowest for a soon-to-be-inaugurated President.
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

* Soldiers in Iraq mistakenly bomb a house of 14 civilians, killing them all.

* 40 million dollars are being spent on the inauguration ceremony. The cost of the war with Iraq is now being estimated at 5 billion dollars a month.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050114/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inaugural_price_tag_3&printer=1

* A report yesterday on CNN.com stated that plans are now afoot at the White house for an invasion of Iran.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/hersh.iran/index.html


Connect the dots. Something is wrong with our government, our society. I don't know what is more disturbing to me: the untrammelled megalomania of Bush and his shadow coterie of empire-grabbers, or the fact that Americans seem so willing to sign off on all this craziness. Or am I the insane one?